But I was annoyed by her bad temper, and I wanted be somewhere else, at the pool, away with my classmates, swept up in the exuberance.

In other situations, it could be asking others to help with a challenging project, seeking forgiveness from someone you've wronged, or distracting yourself from brooding over the bad things in life.

Pups are less likely to make a noise if they think the returns will be low—for example, with carers that are stingy or in bad condition and thus have less food to spare.